Jameer Nelson, Wilson Chandler and JJ Hickson are likely to receive more playing time as a result.

The Nuggets are 11-point underdogs.

Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried doubles up Warriors in win Friday

by Brandon Wise | CBSSports.com

(3/14/15) Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried scored 24 points on 10 of 18 shooting from the field in Denver's 114-103 win over the Warriors Friday. Faried also grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds in the contest, leading to his third double-double in the last five games and 19th overall on the season.

Kenneth Faried scores 20 for Nuggets

by Shawn Krest | CBSSports.com

(3/7/15)Kenneth Faried scored 10 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter of the Nuggets' 120-111 loss to the Spurs on Friday.

Faried hit five of eight shots in the final quarter and nine of 15 for the game. He added 10 rebounds, including five on the offensive boards.

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Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried was one of three players on his team that logged 80-plus games. As a result, the team depended more on Faried to score, which gave him his best numbers of his career after the All-Star break. In his final 31 games of the season, he averaged 18.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, 1.1 steals, 0.7 blocks while shooting 54.6 percent from the field in that span. He finished the season with averages of 13.7 points, 8.6 rebounds and 0.9 blocks in 27.2 minutes per game. He also shot 54.5 percent from the floor. With the team still likely to be plagued with injuries at the start of the season, Faried could carry his second-half numbers into a breakout campaign. Target him no later than Round 7 come Draft Day.
(Updated 8/28/14)